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AN-2 / AP-161 / LSV-6 Montauk
AKN-6 Galilea

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)


  • Laid down as Net Layer, Montauk (AN-2), 14 April 1942, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 14 April 1943
  • Reclassified a Transport (AP-161), 2 August 1943
  • Reclassified an Osage Class Landing Ship Vehicle, 21 April 1944
  • Placed in partial Commission for ferrying to her completion yard, Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, N.Y. for completion as a Landing Ship Vehicle
  • Commissioned USS Montauk (LSV-6), 21 April 1944, CDR. Alfred R. Boileau in command
  • During World War II Montauk was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Reclassified and renamed USS Galilea (AKN-6) a Net Cargo Ship, 1 October 1946
  • Decommissioned in July 1947 at Charleston. S.C.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston Group
  • Custody assigned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in August 1960
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet James River, Lee Hall, VA. in 1962,
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 June 1973, to Alberti Equipment Inc.
  • Montauk received one battle star for her World War II service
    LSV Specifications:
    Displacement 4,626 t.(lt)
    Length 458'
    Beam 60' 2"
    Draft 20'
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement 458
    Troop Accommodations 122 Officers, 1236 Enlisted
    Boats 19 LVT or 29 DUKW
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 cal. Duel Purpose Gun Mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion four Combustion Engineering 2-drum boilers, 2 General Electric Geared turbines, two shafts

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    USS Montauk (LSV-6)
    Montauk 21k Montauk (LSV-6) underway off New York soon after completion of her LSV conversion in October 1944. Her camouflage is Measure 31 Design 18L
    US Navy photo
    Hyperwar US Navy in World War II web site
    Montauk 101k Montauk (LSV-6) underway off New York soon after completion of her LSV conversion in October 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 104262 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center
    Montauk 54k Montauk (LSV-6) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Amphibious Forces World War II web site
    Montauk 50k Montauk (LSV-6) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    USS Galilea (AKN-6)
    Montauk 88k Galilea (AKN-6) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., 17 February 1947. The yard is preparing the ship for inactivation following cancellation of her conversion to a net cargo ship in December 1946. There is little evidence of the conversion in this photo; most of the alterations were at the stern or inside the ship.
    US Navy photo # NH 104250 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Naval Historical Center

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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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